Day 21/22 Apr 20/22: Review C/E Essay

Today we will go over and review your cause/effect essay. We will also discuss some vocabulary you could use in your essay.

Cause/Effect Essays
Nuria
Asami
Alex
Hsueh Hua
Jiyoun

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Homework:
1. Finish your cause/effect essay by Wednesday before 11:59pm. Change the Name of the Google Doc. to 'Final C/E Essay' when you are done.

Day 20 Apr 15: Introduction and Conclusion

Today we will discuss how to write an introduction and conclusion for the cause/effect essay.

Taken from: college-essay-samples.com

Resources
Vocabulary Question Cards
Handout "How to Write Introductions and Conclusions"

Homework:
1. Write your first draft of your cause/effect essay. Do this in your Google Doc below.

Nuria
Asami
Alex
Hsueh Hua
Jiyoun

Day 19 Apr 13: The Cause/ Effect Paragraph

Today we will go over what you read. Then we will begin to do some activities with the cause/effect paragraph and begin to write a cause/effect paragraph.

Resources
Designing Babies Paragraphs

Taken from: dunningsclass.com

Homework:

1. TBA

Day 17/18 Apr 6/8: Present Perfect vs. Simple Past/ Cause Effect

Today we will discuss the difference between the simple past and the present perfect in the beginning of the class. In the second half of class we will discuss the cause/effect paragraph.

We will work in your books pp. 67-69 and an outside activity.

Resources
Designing Babies Video
Designing Babies Handout
Designing Babies Paragraphs
Present Perfect vs. Simple Past Handout
Review Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
Cause/Effect PPT

Taken from slideshop.com

Homework:
1) Read pp. 129-148 for next Monday. This will be your same homework for Wednesday. It is about the cause/effect essay.

Day 16 April 1: Body Paragraphs and the Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

Today we will continue to look at the paragraphs you are writing in class. Then we will begin to discuss the difference between the present perfect and the simple past.

For the first 10 minutes of class, you will work on your paragraph from last class. Then, we will look at the paragraph in terms of audience, purpose, coherence, and cohesion.

Lastly, we will begin discussing the differences between the simple past and the present perfect.

Day 15 Mar 30: Exploring the aspects of a paragraph

Today we will review purpose, audience, and clarity. PP 34-40 in your book.

Then we will go over your homework from last class before break:

1. Go to pg. 52 and complete activity 17, "Writing your own paragraph" this is due in class on Monday March 30. Save the file on your computer.

2. Take a picture of yourself on Spring Break doing something fun! You can have other people in the picture. Send this picture to me so I can share it with the class on Monday when we return.

We will discuss your paragraphs in terms of: audience, purpose, coherence, and cohesion.

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Homework:
1. Go to (this handout) and read it for next class

Day 14 Mar 18: Audience, Purpose, Coherence

Today we will continue with our daily writings with the paragraphs we started last class focusing on: topic sentence, major and minor ideas, and closing sentences.

Then we will begin to discuss audience and purpose (powerpoint), and coherence and cohesion (powerpoint).

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Homework:
1. Go to pg. 52 and complete activity 17, "Writing your own paragraph" this is due in class on Monday March 30. Save the file on your computer.

2. Take a picture of yourself on Spring Break doing something fun! You can have other people in the picture. Send this picture to me so I can share it with the class on Monday when we return.

Day 13 Mar 16: Writing Body Paragraphs

Daily Prompt:Write a paragraph with the topic: Student Study Habits for preparing for an exam

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Today we will go over your phrasal verb Homework

Then we will briefly discuss concluding sentences.

Then we will do an activity writing a complete body paragraph.

Lastly, we will begin to discuss pp. 31-59 Purpose, Audience, Clarity and Unity which will continue on Wednesday,

Homework:
1. Think about:

• Why knowing your audience is important when writing a paragraph. 
• Why is it important to understand purpose of an essay?
• Google "Coherence" and "Cohesion", write down a couple similarities and differences you find about the two terms.

Day 12 Mar 11: Connecting Sentences

Today we will continue with connecting sentences. We will discuss subordinating conjunctions with practice sentences.

Taken from: slideshare.net

Different Syntactic Structures
Writing Complex Sentences

Taken from: depts.washington.edu

Homework:

1. Pick your (3) most favorite phrasal verbs. Find (1) picture to represent each verb. (Click here) and put the picture in a slide. Put the name of the phrasal verb in a color and size that is easy to read, and add a definition.
2. Read pp. 31-50. esp Go over: Purpose, , Audience, Clarity, Unity

Day 11 Mar 9: Phrasal Verbs and Connecting Sentences

First we will go over your Phrasal Verbs Mind Maps. We will play another game with phrasal verbs.

Then, we will start to discuss connecting sentences and subordinating conjunctions.




Homework:
1. Pick (5) subordinating conjunctions and make (5) sentences.

Day 10 Mar 4: Phrasal Verbs

Continue your story from yesterday:

Writing Prompt: An adept mountain climber gets to the top of a precarious mountain, but when he looks around, he does not believe what he sees.

Then we will continue to discuss phrasal verbs and work on an activity with phrasal verbs.

Lastly we will discuss connecting sentences.

Taken from: https://sensibleenglish.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/phrasal-verb-pie-chart1.gif

Homework:

 1. Finish Mind Map

2. Watch these videos

Day 9 Mar 2: Phrasal Verbs

Writing Prompt: An adept mountain climber gets to the top of a precarious mountain, but when he looks around, he does not believe what he sees.

Spring is just around the corner

First we will go over your homework pg. 14 Activity 10 on supporting sentences. 

Today we will start to discuss phrasal verbs that you know. Then we will talk about some general rules of phrasal verbs. 

Lastly, we will discuss (this handout) on connecting sentences.

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Day 8 Feb 25: Supporting Sentences

Today we will continue discussing supporting sentences. We will go over your homework.

We will also discuss the supporting sentences in the Cruise to Bahamas paragraphs. 

Lastly, we will begin to discuss phrasal verbs.

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Homework:

1. Read (this handout) on connecting sentences.

2. Do pg. 14 Activity 10

3. Do pg. 169 Activity 9

4. Read pp. 22-23

Day 7 Feb 23: Supporting Sentences and Phrasal Verbs

Writing Prompt: Choose (1) of the topic sentences below and write a paragraph:

1. Bilingual dictionaries can help non-native learners in two very important ways

2. Computers have changed people's communication patterns in several ways.

Today we will go over the topic sentences from the Cruise to Bahamas paragraphs. Then we will discuss supporting sentences.

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(Handout) on writing paragraphs

Lastly, we will start to go over phrasal verbs.


Homework:
1. Read pp. 12-13 in your books
2. Complete the handout from what we did not finish in class

Day 6 Feb 18: Topic Sentences

Writing Prompt: Someone calls your name. You turn around and it's you....

 

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Cruise to Bahamas Paragraphs

Day 5 Feb 11: Topic Sentences

Daily Writing Prompt:
"I'm not going to remember this tomorrow," she said, "But it's really important that you listen."

Today we will review topic sentences. First we do Activity 1, pg. 3. Then we will do Activities 5, 6 pp. 8-10.

Then we will think of a good topic sentence for (this article).

Then we will continue working on prepositions of, for, to.



Homework:
1. Your topic is: "Cruise to Bahamas". 
Write one paragraph with a proper topic sentence and include the following prepositions in your paragraph:
on, at, in, for, of, to.

Email this paragraph to me before class on Wednesday.

2. No Class on Monday

3. If you have not started evaluating your writing, begin to look at my comments I have given you on your personal Google Doc. and begin to fix and correct your writing from your daily writing.


4. Go to Vocabulary.com over the weekend and try it out!

5. Go to (this link) Watch the Listening for Homework and write down the phrases with prepositions that you hear. You only need to watch 10 minutes, but you can watch all 45 minutes for fun!

Day 4 Feb 9: Prepositions in, at, on

Daily Writing Prompt:

Choose one of the following and explain how to do it:

• How to do your favorite sport
• How to do your favorite hobby
• How to cook your favorite meal

Today we will discuss the prepositions: in, at, on

(Here) is the article we will use in class

Day 3: Feb 4 Articles and Punctuation

Today's Schedule:

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Writing Prompt: Look at the picture. Explain what the two men see over the fence.

We will continue discussing the grammar of the week and discuss the word of the day.


We will continue the talking about articles in (a worksheet).

We will also discuss advanced uses of punctuation.
Punctuation Worksheet Group 1
Punctuation Worksheet Group 2

Homework:
1. Read pages in your book 1-11 by next class.

Day 2: Feb 2 Articles

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Today's Schedule:

First we will write for 10 minutes on a topic. Then we will learn more information about daily writing assignments and self-checking grammar.

Silly Prompt:

The world’s most useless superhero just arrived at a bank robbery...what happens next?

Serious Prompt:

You’re at the bank, and two men with masks walk in with guns telling everyone they’re there to rob to bank. What do you do and what are your emotions?

The we will discuss the grammar of the week and discuss the word of the day.

Finally, we will read some articles in (a worksheet) about English Articles.

Homework:

1. Read pages in your book 1-11 by next class.

Day 1: Jan 29 First Day

Getting to know you!

Today we will learn about the course description and each other!